Piet Rietveld

VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)

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1.

The Entry of Low-Cost Airlines: Price Competition in the European Airline Market

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 04-074/3
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Sep 2004
Marco Alderighi, Alessandro Cento, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld
Università della Valle d'Aosta, KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines - Revenue Management Department, VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Pricing strategies, yield management, low-cost carriers, European airline market

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The Impact of Rail Transport on Real Estate Prices: An Empirical Analysis of the Dutch Housing Market

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 06-031/3
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 Apr 2006
Ghebreegziabiher Debrezion, Eric A. J. H. Pels and Piet Rietveld
Tinbergen Institute, Vrije Universiteit - Department of Spatial Economic and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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property value, railway station, accessibility, hedonic pricing method

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Assessment of Tourist Competitiveness by Analysing Destination Efficiency

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 06-097/3
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Nov 2006
Maria Francesca Cracolici, Piet Rietveld and Peter Nijkamp
University of Palermo, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased) and VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics
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competitiveness, Italian tourist industry, envelopment analysis

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Determinants of the Regional Demand for Higher Education: A Gravity Model Approach

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 2003-013/3
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Jun 2003
Carla Sa, Raymond J.G.M. Florax and Piet Rietveld
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics, Purdue University and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Demand for higher education, gravity model, education quality, agglomeration economies

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Urban Transport Policies: The Dutch Struggle with Market Failures and Policy Failures

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Urban Transport Policies: The Dutch Struggle with Market Failures and Policy Failures

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 04-126/3
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 Dec 2004
Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Parking, infrastructure, pricing, bicycle use, market failure

Urban Transport Policies: The Dutch Struggle with Market Failures and Policy Failures

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 04-126/3
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Nov 2005
Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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parking, infrastructure, pricing, bicycle use, market failure

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The Impact of Railway Stations on Residential and Commercial Property Value: A Meta Analysis

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The Impact of Railway Stations on Residential and Commercial Property Value: A Meta Analysis

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI-2004-023/3
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Apr 2004
Ghebreegziabiher Debrezion, Eric A. J. H. Pels and Piet Rietveld
Tinbergen Institute, Vrije Universiteit - Department of Spatial Economic and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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property value, railway station, accessibility, light railways, heavy railway/Metro commuter railway, meta-analysis

The Impact of Railway Stations on Residential and Commercial Property Value: A Meta Analysis

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2007
Posted: 28 Mar 2007
Ghebreegziabiher Debrezion, Eric A. J. H. Pels and Piet Rietveld
Tinbergen Institute, Vrije Universiteit - Department of Spatial Economic and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)

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property value, railway station, accessibility, light railways, heavy railway/Metro, commuter railway, meta-analysis

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The Institutional Determinants of Bilateral Trade Patterns

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The Institutional Determinants of Bilateral Trade Patterns

Tinbergen Institute Working Paper No. 03-044/3
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 Aug 2003
Henri L. F. de Groot, Gert-Jan Linders, Piet Rietveld, Uma Subramanian and Uma Subramanian
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employmen, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased) and World Bank - International Finance Corporation (IFC)delete
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bilateral trade flows, gravity model, institutions

The Institutional Determinants of Bilateral Trade Patterns

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Mar 2004
Henri L. F. de Groot, Gert-Jan Linders, Piet Rietveld, Uma Subramanian and Uma Subramanian
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employmen, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased) and World Bank - International Finance Corporation (IFC)delete
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Modeling Spatial Sustainability: Spatial Welfare Economics Versus Ecological Footprint

FEEM Working Paper No. 5.2006
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Jan 2006
Fabio Grazi, Fabio Grazi, Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh and Piet Rietveld
School for Advanced Studies in Venice (SSAV)Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Agglomeration effects, Trade advantages, Negative externalities, Population density, Spatial configuration, Transport

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The Home Carrier Advantage in Civil Aviation

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 05-011/3
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Jan 2005
Mark Lijesen, Peter Nijkamp, Eric A. J. H. Pels and Piet Rietveld
CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis, VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit - Department of Spatial Economic and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Airlines, airports, networks, homecarrier advantage

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Exponential or Power Distance-Decay for Commuting? An Alternative Specification

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Exponential or Power Distance-Decay for Commuting? An Alternative Specification

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 04-097/3
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Sep 2004
Jacob J. de Vries, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam, VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Spatial interaction, distance-decay function, commuting, Denmark, estimation, heteroscedasticity

Exponential or Power Distance-Decay for Commuting? An Alternative Specification

Environment and Planning A, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 461–480
Posted: 02 Oct 2009
Jacob J. de Vries, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam, VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)

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The Effects of Railway Investments in a Polycentric City

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 04-089/3
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Aug 2004
Ghebreegziabiher Debrezion, Eric A. J. H. Pels and Piet Rietveld
Tinbergen Institute, Vrije Universiteit - Department of Spatial Economic and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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The Impact of Monetary Policy on Economic Activity - Evidence from a Meta-Analysis

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 10-043/3
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Apr 2010
Masagus M. Ridhwan, Henri L. F. de Groot, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Monetary policy, Economic development, Meta-analysis

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Joint Costs in Network Services: The Two-Way Problem in the Case of Unbalanced Transport Markets

FEEM Working Paper No. 4.2000
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Jul 2000
Piet Rietveld and Roberto Roson
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased) and Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia
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Does Accessibility to Higher Education Matter? Choice Behavior of High School Graduates in the Netherlands

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 04-061/3
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Oct 2004
Carla Sa, Raymond J.G.M. Florax and Piet Rietveld
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics, Purdue University and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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high school graduates, higher education, social interaction, geographical accessibility

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Adoption of Electric Vehicle in the Netherlands - A Stated Choice Experiment

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 13-100/VIII
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Aug 2013
Marija Bockarjova, Piet Rietveld and Jasper Knockaert
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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stated preferences, revealed preferences, non-monetary costs, innovation

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The Regional Impact of Monetary Policy in Indonesia

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 2011-081/3
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 May 2011
Masagus M. Ridhwan, Henri L. F. de Groot, Piet Rietveld and Peter Nijkamp
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased) and VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics
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monetary policy transmission, regional development, vector autoregression

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Second-Degree Price Discrimination and Inter-Group Effects in Airline Routes between European Cities

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 11-118/3
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Aug 2011
Marco Alderighi, Alessandro Cento, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld
Università della Valle d'Aosta, KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines - Revenue Management Department, VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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passenger aviation market, airlines routes, second-degree price discrimination, pricing behavior

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Valuation of Travel Time and Traveller Information in Multimodal Personal Travel Under Uncertainty

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 2003-036/3
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Jul 2003
Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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multimodal travel, public transport, value of travel time, expected utility, uncertainty, unreliability

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Institutional Determinants of Bilateral Trade: An Analysis According to Product Type

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2005-023/3
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Mar 2005
Gert-Jan Linders, Henri L. F. de Groot and Piet Rietveld
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employmen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Bilateral trade, gravity model, institutions, trade costs, product type

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Modelling the Joint Access Mode and Railway Station Choice

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 07-012/3
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Feb 2007
Ghebreegziabiher Debrezion, Eric A. J. H. Pels and Piet Rietveld
Tinbergen Institute, Vrije Universiteit - Department of Spatial Economic and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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departure railway station choice, access mode choice, nested logit model

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Returns to Density in Operations of the Netherlands Railways

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 04-004/3
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Jun 2004
Eric A. J. H. Pels, Vanessa E. Daniel and Piet Rietveld
Vrije Universiteit - Department of Spatial Economic, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Transportation

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ICT and Substitution between Out-of-Home and at Home Work: The Importance of Timing

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 03-061/3
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Sep 2003
Thomas de Graaff and Piet Rietveld
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Empirical Evidence on Cruising for Parking

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 10-028/3
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 21 Apr 2010
Jos van Ommeren, Jos van Ommeren, Derk Wentink and Piet Rietveld
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Tinbergen Institute, VU University Amsterdam - Dept. of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Cruising for parking

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Welfare Effects of Distortionary Tax Incentives Under Preference Heterogeneity: An Application to Employer-Provided Electric Cars

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Jun 2014
Alexandros Dimitropoulos, Jos N. van Ommeren, Paul Koster and Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam, Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Social welfare, Latent class, Stated preference, Company car, Electric vehicle, Plug-in hybrid

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The Economics of Information in Transport

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 10-110/3
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Nov 2010
Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Information, ATIS, Uncertainty

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A Matching Model for the Backhaul Problem

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 07-083/3
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Nov 2007
Erhan Demirel, Jos van Ommeren, Jos van Ommeren and Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Tinbergen Institute and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Backhaul Problem, Imperfect Information, Matching Models

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Welfare Effects of Adverse Weather through Speed Changes in Car Commuting Trips

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 2008-087/3
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Sep 2008
Muhammad Sabir, Jos van Ommeren, Jos van Ommeren, Mark J. Koetse and Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Tinbergen Institute, Free University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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adverse weather, speed

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Endogenous Transport Prices and Trade Imbalances

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 2008-088/3
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Sep 2008
Olaf Jonkeren, Erhan Demirel, Jos van Ommeren, Jos van Ommeren and Piet Rietveld
European Commission, JRC - Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen Via E. Fermi, 2749, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Tinbergen Institute and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Imbalances in trade flows, trade costs, inland waterway transport market

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The Information Content of a Stated Choice Experiment: A New Method and its Application to the Value of a Statistical Life

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 08-053/3
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 May 2008
Jan Rouwendal, Arianne, Piet Rietveld and Erik T. Verhoef
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics, LEI (Agricultural Economics Research Institute), VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased) and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics
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stated preferences, value of a statistical life

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Regional Efficiency Improvement by Means of Data Envelopment Analysis Through Euclidean Distance Minimization Including Fixed Input Factors – an Application to Tourist Regions in Italy

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 11-110/3
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Aug 2011
Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld
Hokkai-Gakuen University, VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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euclidean distance minimization (EDM), data envelopment analysis (DEA), multiple objective quadratic programming (MOQP), efficiency improving projection, tourist efficiency

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Estimating Firms' Demand for Agglomeration

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 10-087/3
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 Aug 2010
Hans Koster, Jos van Ommeren, Jos van Ommeren and Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Tinbergen Institute and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Demand Estimation, Nonparametric Estimation, Hedonics, Commercial Properties

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A Target-Oriented Data Envelopment Analysis for Energy-Environment Efficiency Improvement in Japan

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 13-137/VIII
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Sep 2013
Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld
Hokkai-Gakuen University, VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Euclidean Distance Minimisation (EDM), Target-Oriented (TO), Energy-Environment efficiency

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Road Congestion and Incident Duration

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 13-089/VIII
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Jul 2013
Martin Adler, Jos N. van Ommeren and Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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congestion, vehicle-loss-hours, incident duration, accidents

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Preference Elicitation in Generalized Data Envelopment Analysis: In Search of a New Energy Balance in Japan

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 13-162/VIII
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Oct 2013
Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld
Hokkai-Gakuen University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)
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Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Euclidean Distance Minimization (EDM); Preference Based (PB); Energy-Environment-Economic efficiency

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Estimation of Alonso's Theory of Movements by Means of Instrumental Variables

Networks and Spatial Economics, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 107-126
Posted: 02 Oct 2009
Jacob J. de Vries, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam, VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)

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spatial interaction models, Alonso's Theory of Movement, balancing factor, nonlinear simultaneous equation, estimation methods, instrumental variables

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Alonso's Theory of Movements: Developments in Spatial Interaction Modeling

Journal of Geographical Systems, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 233-256
Posted: 01 Oct 2009
Jacob J. de Vries, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld
VU University Amsterdam, VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased)

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Alonso's Theory of Movements, Spatial Interaction Models, relaxed Gravity Models

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Residential Search and Mobility in a Housing Market Equilibrium Model

Posted: 30 Jun 2002
Arno J. van der Vlist, Piet Rietveld and Peter Nijkamp
University of Groningen - Department of Economic Geography, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased) and VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics

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Housing, Residential Search, Residential Mobility

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Job Mobility, Residential Mobility and Commuting: A Theoretical Analysis Using Search Theory

Posted: 19 Oct 2000
Jos van Ommeren, Jos van Ommeren, Piet Rietveld and Peter Nijkamp
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Tinbergen Institute, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased) and VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics

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Airport and Airline Competition for Passengers Departing from a Large Metropolitan Area

Posted: 26 Jul 2000
Piet Rietveld, Peter Nijkamp and Eric A. J. H. Pels
VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics (Deceased), VU University of Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and Vrije Universiteit - Department of Spatial Economic

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airport competition; airline competition; discrete choice model